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Retail super bounces back

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index made a remarkable recovery during January as it surged 320 basis points to reach 11.5%, with retail MySuper products stretching their short term segment lead to 0.7%. Three ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... March's interest rate cuts outside of its scheduled Board meetings. The Indian central bank cut interest rates on 15 January - weeks before its scheduled 3 February meeting. Yesterday's move (4 March) was also weeks ahead of the scheduled 7 April monetary ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
The Australian share market is trading higher on the back of expectations of another cut to interest rates, but has eased back on its run towards the 6,000 point mark. The benchmark ASX 200 index has not been at 6,000 points since January 2008, during ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Like an expectant father, the Australian stock market is beaming with gleeful anticipation of a birth of another child. It's coming! It's coming! Expectations that the RBA would deliver another 25 bps cut in the official cash rate - taking it down to ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Another rate cut is coming, another rate cut is coming. Bloomberg's survey shows (tada!) 18 out of 29 economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to follow-up February's 25 bps reduction in the official cash rate to 2.25% with another 25 bps ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... force stats released a week later affirmed the RBA's less rosier expectation - the unemployment rate jumped to 6.4% in January - the highest level in nearly 13 years - from 6.1% in the previous month. If you think that's bad, try looking into JP Morgan's ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
As expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced no surprises following the conclusion of its 17-18 February monetary policy Board meeting. "The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following mixed US housing data, a lacklustre reading on inflation and indications the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share ...